Stove-leg.



Nn. 654,776. Patented luly 3i, |900.

W. J. BARBER.

STOVE LEG.

rAppucacion filed my 2, 1900.1

(No Model.)

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4WILLIAM JAY BARBER, OF HONEOYE FALLS, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 654,776, dated July 31, 1900.

Application filed May 2, 1900.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

a citizen of the United States, residing at Honeoye Falls, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Stove-Leg, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in stove-legs. y A

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of that class of stove-legs which are provided with casters and to provide a'simple and comparatively inexpensive one which will'be strong and durable and which will be adapted to be readily operated to arrange the caster in position for use, so that the stove may be readily moved, and to cause the stove to rest upon its legs after it has been properly arranged and adjusted.

The invention consists in the construction .and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sec-` tional view of a stove-leg constructed in accordance with this invention, the cast-er be-4 ing out of operation. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the caster being in position for use. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation, the parts being arranged as shown in Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlngs.

l designates a stove -leg providedA at its lower portion with bearings Zandt, extend-` ing horizontally from the inner face of the front portion of the leg and provided with vertically-alined bearing-openings for the reception of a vertical easter-stem 4, which has its lower end curved and bifurcated to receive a caster-wheel 5. The caster-wheel 5 is mounted on a suitable pivot, and when the leg rests upon the supporting-surface, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the accompanying drawings, the caster-wheel is held clear of the floor by means of a tapering coiled spring 6, disposed on a tapering upper portion 7 of the stem, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The stem 4 of the caster is provided at the Serial No. 175,247. (No model.)

I upper end of the tapered portion with ahead Be itknown that I, WILLIAM JAY BARBER,

`ter thereof with a concavity 9, in which is seated an antifriction-ball 10, arranged to be engaged by a cam or eccentric lever 11, whereby the latter is adapted to operate freely and friotionlessly; but the antifriction-ball may be omitted, if desired. The cam or eccentric lever consists of a circular head 12 and an arm or body portion 13, extending from the head and forming a handle and adapted to be swung upward and downward from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that illustrated in Fig. 2, and vice versa. The circular head 12 .is provided with eccentrically-arranged laterally-extending pivots or trunnions 14, which are received within bearing-recessesl of bearings 16, which extend rearward from the inner face of the upper portion of the leg l. As the lever is oscillated the cam formed by the eccentrically-pivoted head forces the caster-wheel against the loor or other supporting-surface and raises the vleg when the said lever is swung downward, and a reverse movement of the lever lowers the leg to the floor. The end 17 of the lever is beveled to it the upper portion of the leg when it is swung upward against the same. The bearing-recesses 15 of the ears or bearings 16 extend upward from the lower edge thereof, and the pivots or trunnions of the lever are retained therein by the coiled spring and by the weight of the stove. Should the leg be lifted, the spring will retain the trunnions or pivots in the open bearing-recesses and will prevent the ball from escaping. The ball is adapted to rotate in the concavity as the let .ver is oscillated. The arm or body portion of the lever when swung downward to the position shown in Fig. 2 rests against the end of the bearing 2, and there is no liability of the lever accidentally slipping. The ball also IOO vertically-alined bearings and provided with" upper bearings having recesses at their lower edges, a caster-stem arranged in the vertically-alined. bearings, a lever' having pivots or trunnions arranged in the upper bearingreoesses, and a spring engaging the stem and adapted to retain the pivots or trunnions ofv the lever in the bearing-recesses7 substantially as described.

2. YIn a device of the class described, the combination with a leg provided with upper and lower bearings, the lupper bearings being open, a caster-stem removably arranged in thelower bearings and provided with a caster-wheel, a lever detachably mounted in the upper bearings, and a spring engaging the casterstem and retaining the same and the `lever in the said bearings, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a leg provided with lower and upper bearings, a caster-stem arranged in the lowery bearings and having a tapered upper portion, and provided'at the top thereof with a head, a lever mounted in the upper bearings, anda tapering springarranged on the tapered portion of the stem and engaging the head thereof and the lower bearing and retaining the said stem in the said bearings,

substantially as described.

p 4:. In a device of the class described, the combination with a leg having upper and lower bearings, a stem mounted in the lower bearing and provided at its top with a coneavity, a lever mounted in the upper bear# ing, a ball arranged in the concavity and bearing against the said lever, and a spring engaging the stem and retaining the ball in contact with the lever, substantially as described. n

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

i WILLIAM AJAY BARBER.

Witnesses:

` AA. M. H. PIERCE,

C. R. Pinnen. 

